Am I surprised at what the animal control officer said about me on tv and the news papers? Yes and no.

Is he lying? Yes

Has this be exaggerated or blown out of proportion? Yes

Why
you ask? Well, here is the last 2 years of my family's life. If you
read it, maybe then you will understand. Nothing in these statements
that I have written is written in false light, nothing is sugar coated,
nothing is written here except the truth. I have nothing to hide now, I
had nothing to hide then. My husband and I are innocent and my
children and our pets have been abused by CPS and the animal control
officer, not by my husband and not by me. Here is our story....Samantha

These
are my children, Candace (age 17 at the time), Josh (age 19 at the
time) and Parker (age 14 at the time), this photo was taken on
6/17/2011. These kids USED to be happy. These children are now
distraught, suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and
Candace was hospitalized in February due to anxiety and depression
brought on by the raid in November.
These are the children that you non believers called "victims", the
ones you said you "feel so sorry for", these children do admit they are
victims, but when you ask them who have abused them they say "BL, the
animal control officer and CPS". Just ask them anytime you see them,
they'd be more than happy to give you their side of things as NO ONE has
ever bothered to ask the children how they feel about having their pets
taken from them, murdered and held hostage. No one has bothered to ask
the children if they felt they were neglected. No one has bothered to
ask the children if they enjoyed running the no kill shelter. The
children very much want to be heard, but yet, their pleas to speak falls
upon deaf ears because they are "minors". Well Candace will be an
adult on Sept 12, 2012 and has the right to voice her side of what
happened.

Samantha
and Randell Lee are the founders of Frisky Felines Foundation A NO
Kill Cat Shelter that was started after the Lee's took in several stray
cats and realized their county had a problem. They wanted to make a
difference in their community so they started a rescue/adoption shelter
to help not only cats but families with cats that are in need.
On November 17, 2011 the Lee's were raided out of retaliation. This
has cost 4 cats their lives, the Lee's have been fighting this case that
is based on lies with money that was ear marked for important things
for their kids such as braces, college school camp this summer, etc and
money for their house to do major repairs that have had to be put off.
The children were humiliated by the lies the ACO stated, rumors that
began because of the defamation to the point in which Candace (the 17
year old daughter) was hospitalized. 4 cats were murdered at the hands
of the ACO because no cats in the Lee's care were ill enough to die!
Donors have donated to animal control to take care of the Lee's pets
believing they are helping care for ill cats when in fact the cats were
healthy and several had recently been seen by a veterinarian. People
are complaining as to why they have to take care of the Lee's cats when
the Lee's should have to, but the cats were not sick in the Lee's
care and the Lee's never received any citation or warning to take care
of their pets. The Lee's have since had to legally fight for one of
the dog's that animal control wanted the Lee's to either put to sleep
or pay $1000 for an exploratory surgery. These animals were not in any
harm before leaving the Lee's home, but they have been since being in
animal controls care. These animals must be returned to the Lee's, a
family that loves them and was caring for them and these senseless
seizures and invasion of privacy upon this family that helps others
MUST stop! This is the story that lead up the the Lee's raid...................................
In December 2009, someone living close to the Lee's called CPS on
them, on 12/15/09 CPS visited the Lee home, were asked to come to the
CPS office on 12/17/09, in which they did, before leaving the caseworker asked them if they'd allow her to open a case on them. The Lee's said no. CPS unsubstantiated the allegations on 12/21/09.

The
case worker then called in a welfare child check on 1/6/10 (on a
family with a closed case). The town marshal from another town lives up
the street and of course answered the call.
This time, the town Marshal (that had been stalking the Lee's for
months was brought in on this (and amazingly is behind the 2011 raid
also). The Lee's told the Town Marshal he was not invited into the home
because they were trying to clean the basement and they were washing
down stuff in the kitchen and they needed to get it finished. The town
marshal refused to leave and argued with Samantha that he was going to
come into the house, that he was there to check for heat. Samantha told
him, "look up you can see and smell the fireplace." He then said he
needed to check for hot water. Samantha told him that both he and the
caseworker knew that she is disabled and REQUIRED aqua therapy daily in
order to be mobile. So heat and hot water were an essential in the Lee
household period. He said he didn't care he needed in the house to
check on it. Samantha had to stand outside for 50 minutes fighting for
her right to privacy because this town marshal would not leave, he even
threatened to lock up Randell for a joke he said, remember, this is a
neighbor. Samantha was on the phone for 20 minutes arguing with the
caseworker that they had no right to be there and they were not coming
in and the family was busy. The caseworker told her someone was going
to get into that house that night if she had to come out herself,
Samantha said she had already offered the town marshal (neighbor to
neighbor) to come back in 2-3 hours after they got done what they were
doing, he refused that and they were not going to allow him in, they
felt he had no right to even be there. The caseworker argued that she'd
have someone else to come out, Samantha argued no, they weren't going
to stop until they were finished. Samantha who is disabled and cannot
be in cold air or talk on the phone long told the case worker she was
then in pain and had to get off the phone and going in but was not going
to let the town marshal in, the caseworker kept arguing and would not
let Samantha off the phone. She kept on Samantha asking Samantha to let
her open a case on the family, Samantha said no, so she started again
on the town marshal getting into the house. Again Samantha said no,
this went on for about another 8 minutes. Finally Samantha near tears
in pain told the case worker that she can have the town marshal come
back in 2-3 hours after they got done. The case worker said no, he was
going to get in then. Samantha said no he isn't he can come back in
2-3 hours but I am hanging up. Then the caseworker said "FINE, but you
BETTER let him in and he will be there in TWO hours." Samantha told the
caseworker the family would have to stop what they were doing to clean
up the kitchen floor, take all the dirty items back down to the basement
and cram all the cleaned items in the loft, etc. The caseworker also
said, that she would be out the next day to discuss opening a case on
the family. Samantha handed the phone to the town marshal, told him to
come back in 2 hours and walked into the house. They didn't go in
before because they feared what this town marshal would do, they do not
trust him. It took Samantha 50 minutes to fight for her right to
privacy.

On 1/7/10 the
case worker said she wasn't coming out because of snow, but asked
Samantha if she'd agree to opening a case on the family. Samantha said
no. The caseworker said she will discuss it with her when she comes out
the following day.

On 1/8/10 the case worker said
she wasn't coming out because she didn't feel well, but asked Samantha
again if she'd agree to opening a case on the family. Again, Samantha
said no. The caseworker said she'd see her on Monday and would discuss
it then.

On 1/11/10 the case worker came out to the
house, was 30 minutes late at that. The reason Samantha let her in is
because she was tired of the bull and wanted to set the record straight
with this caseworker. The case worker lied the minute she opened her
mouth. Said the school called in a complaint about the kids. Samantha
told her "hold it right there, I know you are lying, you had to of
called the school. And the reason I know the school would not had
called you is because I have an open relationship with that school and
the principle because of Josh!" the caseworker never denied and records
show the caseworker called the school. Then when Samantha called her
on that, she started in on the cats, saying this cat had feline
leukemia, this cat was sick, that cat was sick, this cat was emaciated,
just on and on and on. Samantha told her "I am a former vet tech, I
have an animal educational background, some of the cats are currently
under a vets care and that cat is not emaciated she is long and lanky".
Then she started in on Samantha homeschooling Parker. Samantha has
followed the Indiana Department of Education laws on homeschooling, the
caseworker didn't even know what the laws were and Samantha had to
educate her. So the caseworker was getting ready to leave and once
again asked if they' d allow her to open a case on them. The Lee's said
NO again. The caseworker explained it would be an informal case plan
and that she would be able to get them a grant to finish remodeling
their home, to get new kitchen cabinets, floor, furnace, etc. Samantha
said "we do not agree to an open case, we do not want the states money, we
will fund the remodel the way we have been out of our own money". With
that the caseworker left. The Lee's felt they finally put things
straight with this caseworker.

1/12/10
With that the caseworker told her supervisor and the director of CPS
that Samantha and Randell were cat hoarders. With that the director
told this caseworker (acording to the CPS records obtained by Samantha
Lee) to contact animal control. 1/13/10 The
caseworker calls Samantha and told her to stay put she was on her way
back out to the house, even though Samantha told the caseworker she
didn't have time to meet with her, the caseworker refused to listen
and made Samantha stop to meet with her.
The caseworker arrived at the Lee home with her supervisor and 2
sheriff deputies and told Samantha and Randell they were there to detain
the children (without a warrant and without exigent circumstances) and
by the way they called animal control and he would be there shortly.
The Lee's were dumbfounded as the last thing either of these parents
would do would be harm their children or their pets, both are the world
to them. They knew something did not make sense but knew that animal
control would set this straight. So when the ACO arrived at the home
Samantha spoke with him and he stood in the Lee's living room for 20
minutes commending Samantha on a job well done. He questioned her about
a few things just to assure her knowledge, in which Samantha picked up
on his ill spoken terminology relating to animal care, but dismissed
it. As the ACO went to leave he looked over at the caseworker as though
to say goodbye and with that his demeanor changed and he said he would
be back the following day to seize all the cats. It did not matter
that the animals were under veterinary care just 30 days prior, did not
matter that Samantha had proof of that, or proof of medication the cats
were on, or anything.

1/14/10 The ACO came back and took the cats and coerced Samantha in surrendering Parker's ducks.
Fast forward to evidence provided. The ACO stated in his probable
cause affidavit to Judge Roger Davis that he saw a cat in a cage with
crusty eyes and had an emaciated appearance. Animal Control's
veterinarian said this cat weighed 8.8 pounds and that this cat was
considered OVERWEIGHT. Since the seizure Samantha has discovered ALL
15 cats he illegally seized he killed. His excuse....."Mrs. Lee never
returned for the cats so they were put to sleep". This is a lie,
Samantha in September 2010 AFTER waiting on the bench warrant that the
ACO told her and Randell that would be issued, contacted the
investigator and told her that she wanted the cats back. The
investigator told Samantha that they were still being used as evidence
against her, but would tell the aco. The investigator kept on Samantha
wanting to know where her horses were, this was 9 months AFTER the
seizure, they could not find the horses and were still looking for
them.What Samantha
didn't know is that the cats were euthanized on 2/1/10. Why? Because
no abuse was found, according to state law, they had 90 days to locate
the owners of said property before destroying it.
In 2011 Samantha filed a tort claim on the ACO for what he did in
2010. He had a duty to realize the cats in the Lee's care were being
taken care of especially providing vetting documentation to him. The
tort claim was mailed out to Animal Control, Commissioners and County
Council on Feb 28, 2011.The parties had 90 days to respond, no response meant the Lee's had the right to sue.10/28/11
the Lee's horses were stolen by the Harrison County Sheriff's
department and have been at a rescue since then. The sheriff's
department stated the horses were at large, however they broke into a
locked barn, the fence was cut and told Samantha she would probably be
charged with something over the horses, Samantha told the Sheriff she
didn't see how since she did not believe that the horses were out but
that someone let them out. It was found out later that the Sheriff
(same sheriff that was part of the 2010 incident) said the horse rescue
cut the fence, the horse rescue told Samantha they were never on her
property and that the mounted sheriff patrol brought the horses to the
horse rescue. The Prosecutor saw no problem with the horses, just
asked the Lee's to make the paddock bigger, however, this was October,
the weather was not feasible to move a fence but the Lee's were
trying. (In February 2012 the prosecutor asked the Lee's to surrdender
the horses to the horse rescue. Samantha told the attorney that she
tried to do that back in November after the raid because with fighting
to get the animals back and protect the kids she didn't have time for
the horses and the horse rescue refused, but Samantha did surrender them
in February. In March the prosecutor asked Samantha to take the horses
back. However, the Lee's could not take the horses back because of the
raid, they lost the property the horses were at). The horse rescue
is now saying the Lee's owe $9000+ on horses that the prosecutor asked
the Lee's if they would surrender to the horse rescue so the rescue
could adopt out to recoup their losses. November
16, 2011 Samantha Lee went to get 2 feral cats from a lady begging her
for help (this lady was referred to Samantha, Samantha did not seek
this person out like the ACO has tried to make the public believe),
stating if Samantha did not take these cats that she would be evicted.
Samantha is a very compassionate person and tries to help people,
since the cats were feral she said she would help because the cats
would not be part of Frisky Felines Foundation as Samantha told this
woman she was full and could not take anymore, but would help her since
they weren't coming to the rescue and would put them with a feral
colony. November 17, 2011 before noon the sheriff's department was on the Lee's porch.
Everyone that has heard the ENTIRE story believes the Lee's were set
up to get these feral cats to be raided. NOTHING was ever stated as
to as to why the ACO seized ALL the pets on the property, except that
this lady that Samantha helped had a complaint on the condition of the
house. (A house that no address was listed for, an address that is not
on Samantha's business card, and the reason there has not been an
address listed for the rescue is because the Lee's were remodeling their
home during which it was not set up for visitors and to prevent drop
offs), how did this lady get the Lee's address????? In addition to this the Lee's were not allowed to see the warrant UNTIL AFTER all the animals were removed out of the house
The Lee home was a mess, something Samantha has never denied, BUT the
house was a mess for VERY good reasons and I will state those here for
you to clear up any rumors you may have heard or will hear.
1) In September the basement flooded, had 8 inches of water in it,
then the sump pump broke and what water they could get out just came
right back in. The Lee's went to get another sump pump and they could
not get the type needed for their basement. Eventually they did get
the correct sump pump but things had gotten worse in the basement to
the point that the beginning of October Samantha and Randell MADE their
nearly 19 year old son move out of his basement bedroom until they
could get all the water logged items outside and burned/tossed. Which
was a task in itself. It has been reported that Samantha made her 17
year old daughter, another report says minor child sleep in this water
logged room as late as November, that is not true, that is why the
basement looked the way it did, NO ONE was using the basement since Oct
1, it was being emptied out due to the mildew, everything was water
logged and was going to be burned, but you can't burn wet things nor is
it safe to walk on the floor with water because of the cement. This is
an UNFINISHED basement. It has a concrete floor and concrete walls. Josh
(who is the oldest child) moved to the living room. Josh is a typical
teen age boy and is not the cleanest unless he wants something from his
parents then he is amazingly neat. Which Samantha and Randell feel is
a typical kid. From moving Josh to the living room the living room
then became smaller, crowded and consisted of things the living room
didn't have before which all belonged to Josh. In order to get Josh's
"bedroom" in the living room Samantha had to take down her office and
turn it into a sitting room to house the living room furniture, so
Samantha had to condense the office (which is upstairs in the loft) to
another part of the house. This meant purging items and getting rid
of things that they no longer wanted, etc. They had to move
decorations around to utilize attic space better which is why Halloween
things were out.
Josh also asked Samantha if he could take over the kitchen (he wants
to be a chef), Samantha knew not to do that, but Josh promised to keep
up with it all and keep it clean. So the living room and 1/2 of the
kitchen was then Josh's responsibility. With this, Josh as a typical
kid enjoyed making the mess when cooking but never wanted to clean up
afterward and Samantha like a typical mother had to get on him over and
over.

2) On Nov 5, 2011 (Saturday) The family took Samantha out to celebrate her birthday. Come home and worked some in the basement.
3) On Nov 6, 2011 (Sunday) Samantha came down with a stomach virus
that lasted for 6 days. The family had started the process to get
things ready for Thanksgiving, they put up Christmas decorations on
Thanksgiving evening and wanted to get as much of the basement cleaned
up as well as the few areas they were trying to remodel done. They
would bring things up from the basement on weekends and Samantha and the
kids would clean it and put it away then start the process over until
they got the basement emptied.
4) On Nov 7, 2011 (Monday) Samantha had to take Parker's cat Gizmo to
the vet for cosmetic surgery and Speck an adoption cat for a check up.
This vet that Samantha uses is a 1 1/2 drive one way from the home.
Samantha really did not feel like going but Gizmo had only a few days
window to get the surgery, so she went. Samantha also is disabled and
driving that far did her in just on her disability alone, not to
mention the feeling being nauseated while driving. When she got home
she laid down in hopes of feeling better the next day.5)
On Nov 8, 2011 (Tuesday) Not feeling any better, she called the vet
and had Gizmo stay another night. Samantha though didn't feel well did
some of the things that needed done but was not up to par to doing them
all.6)
Nov 9, 2011 (Wednesday) feeling a little better but not great Samantha
went back out to get Gizmo. Once Samantha and Gizmo got home, not
feeling well Samantha laid down for a bit and did a tad bit of this and
that around the house.
7) On Nov 10, 2011 (Thursday) feeling a little better Samantha started
cleaning some more. Candace was cleaning their bathroom and their
bathroom walls had mildew on it (not mold as the media reported) and
Candace was wiping the walls down (the mildew was on the glue from
where they took the wall paper off in order to paint the walls. The
mildew came not from lack of ventilation as stated in reports but due to
the door being shut after showers and the fan for the vent not being
turned on, it was also reported this bathroom had no ventilation and it
does.) Samantha told Candace to stop wiping the walls down until she
went to to the store to get facemasks. (CPS has a photo where you can
see the wall was being wiped down), but these parents are being
charged for having mildew on the bathroom walls because Samantha halted
cleaning that until face masks were available, they'd rather the
family clean it than take safety precautions. They were cleaning the
walls to be able to have the bathroom fixed up for guest on
Thanksgiving.

8) On Nov 11,
2011 (Friday) The family had started working on getting more of the
basement dried up and emptied out from all the waterlogged items in the
basement. It was a slow process to get this done due to Josh's bedroom
being in the basement and 3/4 of the basement being used for storage.
Everything was either getting ruined or got ruined due to the sump pump
breaking and they not being able to find a sump pump back in
September. There was dilapidated cardboard that had floated for a
while that disintegrated to mush, blankets that Josh had laid on the
floor that were hopeless of being salvaged so sat there to be drained to
be moved outside that started growing fungus, but by this date they
were still way to heavy to pull up and out, so the family was cleaning
the items that were more accessible waiting for the bigger, wetter items
to continue draining. Josh had been
complaining about his stomach bothering him. Samantha assumed he had
gotten the same stomach virus she had. So he started laying around not
able to do much like Samantha did the week before.9) On Nov 12, 2011 (Saturday)The
family was trying to get everything washed up and stored away. There
were clothes hampers of stuffed animals brought up, Josh's items out of
his room, the stored canned goods, the furniture that
still needed to be moved upstairs, etc. All of the items from the
basement were placed in the living room and in the kitchen. Some of
Josh's items were on the living room chairs. The items that were ready
to be thrown in the washer (that they were trying to save) were on the
kitchen floor which consisted of a dog bed, a pillow case and a rag all
from the basement, a jacket and pair of shorts) there were other items
in clothes hampers that were to be washed in the washer and other
various things needing somewhere to go were setting out.Josh was still feeling off and was not helping as much due to feeling nauseated.
10) On Nov 13, 2011 (Sunday) was rolled over cleaning from Saturday.
Josh was off and on with not feeling well. The family kept going
through things. Kept on the same routine of getting ready for
Thanksgiving. They brought more things up to be washed in the bathroom,
some of it was on the floor, etc. Samantha did not mop the kitchen
floor, living room floor, or the kids bathroom floor because they never
got finished and was waiting to mop once that part of what they were
doing was finished. Kenya, an adoption cat started acted odd and
Samantha had planned on taking her to the vet the following day.
11) On Nov 14, 2011 (Monday) at 6 am Josh woke Samantha up and asked
her to take him to the ER. Samantha told him he was on his 6th day and
Samantha told him just to stay home from school and try to sleep it
off, he'd be fine as hers lasted 6 days. Josh insisted to go to the
ER so Samantha got up and took him. After Josh was released (with a
diagnosis of a stomach virus) she took Kenya to the vet. Kenya was
diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection and was put on Clavamox.
Samantha spent that night tending to Josh and Kenya and trying to get
the house back in order as they were trying to get everything done as
thanksgiving was just next week and they had guest coming and wanted to
put the Christmas decorations up prior while leaving some for the
tradition for the family. The goal at this point was stopping on the
basement, getting everything brought up, cleaned and put away, then work
on general housework so they could paint Saturday, get the rooms
arranged the way they needed to be to do any minor adjustments after the
house was back to normal.
12) On Nov 15, 2011 (Tuesday) Samantha had a long day the following
day and she had to "precooperate" to prepare for that due to her
disability. During this the lady about the feral cats called crying to
Samantha about if she does not take the cats she is going to be
evicted. Samantha told her she had way too much going on with her own
cat and didn't really have time. The lady pleaded with Samantha that
she'd be evicted and the cats are being shot at by the neighbor. So
Samantha told her since she had to go to her town the next day she'd
swing by and get them. (There is a big part of this meeting getting
this cats that is not listed here). Samantha had Josh to go to the
basement and clean up his room and throw out things that were ruined of
his and bring up any dishes and get them washed. Josh brought up the
dishes but sat them on the counter and in the sink and didn't wash them
up.
13) Nov 16, 2011 (Wednesday) Samantha waited for the vet to call about
Kenya's blood work. She called and Samantha told the vet that
Chargheera and Mufasa had started with sneezing and coughing, but Kenya
was doing better, but didn't bounce back as quickly as Samantha felt
she should had. Samantha asked the vet if she could give Mufasa and
chargheera their own Clavamox. The vet said "legally I can't give them
their own Clavamox but I can give Kenya a refill and ok that you give
it to those 2 cats and any cat that gets it." Samantha then stated
"since these 2 are getting it, chances are the whole kennel will get
it, what should I do at this point?". The vet then told her "I can
order you L Lysine and you can give that to all of them and hopefully
that will ward off some of them from getting it........." So Samantha
ordered the L Lysine for the shelter and the vet told Samantha to come
up and get another bottle of Clavamox and start Chargheera and Mufasa
on it and gave Kenya another prescription in additon to her
Clavamox. So Samantha left the house to get Josh at school to take
him to his other school, had to stop at the animal hospital, while at
the animal hospital she spoke with the vet tech and asked if she knew of
any local feral colonies that were being maintained as she was not
going to be keeping the cats she was getting but was going to put them
with a feral colony, drop Josh off, head to get the cats she was going
to help and then headed out to see how much it was going to cost to get
her van fixed. Then after wrapping up her errands, Samantha picked up
Josh and headed home. Samantha got home and discovered Candace and
Parker did not do their chores. This made Samantha mad as there was so
much that needed done by Friday night. Samantha did not want to wake
Candace because of school, so she punished them instead of doing their
chores for them, she left them to do the next day after school with
additonal chores. If it wasn't holiday coming up she would had
grounded them from their friends like she normally does.
14) Nov 17, 2011 (Thursday) Samantha got up to get a head start on
getting the house back in order and since she punished Candace and
Parker she was trying to get her chores out of the way so she could
help the kids get the house back in order, Samantha and Randell soon
learned they were being staked out.
The 2 dogs (Brownie and Coal) were stolen based on the ACO saying he
could see Coal's spine and ribs from a distance, implying that Coal was
emaciated, but the state veterinarian stated that Coal was of average
weight. Then months later the ACO made this comment about Coal and I
quote... "I would consider him to be of average weight when I got him".
So there are 2 statements and 2 witnesses saying that Coal was not
emaciated as he stated to get an ok to seize the dogs while waiting on
the seizure warrant. The search and seizure warrant was based on Coal
being emaciated and that they also saw emaciated cats and cats with
upper respiratory infections. There were ONLY 3 sick cats and NONE of
those had an active URI, Kenya got sick on that Sunday, Chargheera that
Tuesday and Mufasa that Wednesday, the raid happened the following day
that Thursday! I would like to know why the state vet reports that 21
cats scored a 1-2 on the bcs, which says they were emaciated. I had a
few overweight cats. How can NO cat on the bcs not score a 6 if they
were overweight??? The state vet said, when she examined the cats that
NONE of the cats were of average weight. I want answers as to HOW none
of the cats were of average weight when I have pictures from CPS that
were taken the day of the raid that show 3 overweight cats in their own
photos!!!!
It is rumored that there was feces all over the floors, on the kids
beds, on the table, counters, etc. That is a lie, yes, there was SOME
feces in the house, it was generalized by the back door which was by a
litter box and another litter box. A couple of cats were being treated
for coccidea and had loose stools. The aco and the cops both testified
that "these cats had it coming out of both ends", and that is a lie. (
Actually this is the same statement stated in the paperwork in the 2010
illegal seizure.) They say the poo was old and that is a lie also, I
checked the floors before I went to bed the night before the raid (by
the litter boxes) because I wanted to make sure the litter boxes didn't
need to be scooped before I went to bed, because if they did the cats
may go outside of the boxes before I got up in the morning, that is
Parker's job to maintain the main floor litter boxes, there was some
poo in the boxes but not very much for that many cats, there was enough
room and fresh litter available in the boxes. They are saying the
litter boxes weren't touched in weeks or months, however, Parker just
washed, sanitized and refilled the litter boxes that Monday evening,
you can see the fresh litter in the photos. The reason there was feces
there is because we were staked out for 5 hours and I could not tend to
the main floor at all. Not to mention when they came in the house
they didn't "walk" through the house, they were skipping around, flying
about like they were giddy children. The cats were freaking out and I
have never seen my cats act like that. First the cats were all calm,
laying around, but then started running about the house. It was really
sad to not be able to comfort them, I think most of them knew what was
going on. The floors were marked up for tracking the water from the
basement throughout the house and coming in and out of the back door.
That pretty much describes what happened. Was the house a mess, yes,
would a simple, clean it up suffice, yes, were the animals generally in
good health, yes, did anything warrant a seizure, no! As a matter of
fact the house was clean within 24 hours. The rest of the time was
spent trying to protect the kids and cats.
The ACO is out to destroy Samantha and has already defamed her on TV
and to the news papers, why? Is it because she filed a complaint and
now it may be found out what he has done and possibly is doing to other
people and how for no reason he is killing HEALTHY animals that STILL
LEGALLY belong to people? Does he want to give her such a bad name
that no one will believe her once she speaks the truth to the
community of how he is hurting innocent animals? Is it because she is
standing up for her family's civil rights? When asked what his job
consists of he stated and I quote "seizures, impounds and helping the
sheriffs department build criminal cases." Really? Since when does an
ACO's job consist of seizures and helping build criminal cases? What
happened to issuing citations/warnings that is LISTED in the Harrison
County Ordinance?
These people behind this illegal seizure need to be fired and put in
jail for child and animal abuse as the accusers are the abusers.

These are pix of the cats taken during the raid, tell me, do they look neglected, malnourished or sick?

Please
donate to help us see this through. We have an attorney ready to take
over the lawsuit we filed against CPS and animal control. He needs a
minimum of $7000. The judge has been working with me on raising the
funds, but he has given me a final date of July 11, 2012 to have my
attorney to file an appearance and to file an answer to the defendants
motion to dismiss. IF I do not have these things done, the judge said he
will rule on the matter WITHOUT a hearing, so the case will be
dismissed. Please do not let any of these people walk, each person we
are suing are responsible in some shape or form for the MURDER of our
cats, the mental abuse upon our children and then because they did
nothing when I filed the complaint the animal control officer then
retaliated against me and did it again, please, do not let them get by
with it. I want BL, the animal control officer REMOVED from his
position! Please help us make that happen, that will hopefully help
other animals.

What
do you get out of helping me?? Well, for one, I am mad as heck and I
will be lobbying for new laws, yeah, everyone says that will never
happen, that is probably what they said about Ambers Law, etc. I will
fight for it until it happens. Secondly, IF we win this lawsuit for
what we are asking we will be putting up a fund to help those wrongly
affected by CPS, Animal Control, or the liking to be able to fight back
and sue. In my opinion that is what is wrong with this country, no one
can financially fight it or they are too scared due to retaliation, I
mean, seriously, I stood my ground, now I am facing criminal charges
because of it. Let my present not be your future. Please donate
anything you can, please share this page, please get the word out.
Please for the love of the animals of this world, do something to help
us stop it.Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,Samantha, Randell, Josh, Candace and ParkerAnd all our fur and feathered babies

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Currently in Colorado, there are no uniform standards for the training of animal control officers. Often, cities and counties will contract with 3rd party non-profits, such as the Human Society, to provide these officers. Apparently these individuals often lack appropriate training.

Anna Pullaro and her now deceased husband, Sam Lopez, made the mistake of taking in sick and abandoned animals on their 125 acre farm outside of Pueblo. Because Anna's story is long and complicated, I've had to edited it down. Despite the complexities, what became clear to me is that without controls, some of the "humane" officers are, in essence, acting as an animal control gestapo, often seizing and then selling animals in order to provide funds for their organizations. These actions often wreck the lives of the well-intentioned owners.

Victoria Brodsky of Aurora, Colorado tells of her "animal control" ordeal, when one of her dogs bit her other dog while she was on vacation.